Why Choose Designotype Printers?

We know you have a choice when it comes to printers. We understand that excellent service doesn't end when the project is printed. When you choose us, we promise you'll love your relationship with us.

When you need ordinary things like business stationery and signage, or custom projects like invitations and calendars, or hard cover and spiral bound book printing, you've landed in the right place. Choose to have us complete your entire project from start to finish, or partner with us to complete the portion you need help with.

In order to make your printing experience even better, we offer free pickup and delivery. Are you in Houghton? Hancock? Chassell? Calumet? Lake Linden? We'll see you soon.

Here's a list of some popular services we provide.

Additional Services to Inspire Success

To help your business grow, we offer you many free business success resources and tools.

It starts when you place an order. We ask a lot of questions to determine what your goals are as a business. This helps us steer you in the right direction, so you can choose the printed materials that best fit your requirements.

We'll also look for ways to help you succeed through free training and free success tools. Ask about free webinars you can sign up for, including topics on:

You can also borrow inspiring, motivational books, tapes, and CDs from our free lending library at any time. Popular titles include: Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life, The 21 Success Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires, Beware the Naked Man Who Offers You His Shirt: Do What You Love, Love What You Do, and Deliver More Than You Promise. One book is featured every month in our Designotype Delegate. Contact us today to be put on the mailing list!

We are way more than "just another printer." We are willing to share over 28 years of business knowledge to help you grow... We'll give referrals for other vendors you might find helpful, and we can connect you with people who may be able to assist you in your industry.

When You Need Help, You Can Find it Here

Got a question about printing or need some help preparing your files for print? You might not know much about printing, but we do, and we're only too happy to share that knowledge, experience, and advice with you. After all, we want to make sure you look good on paper.

Helpful Resources that will make you love us!

Important Details

Five reasons Designotype Printers is the favored printer in the Keweenaw’s Upper Peninsula.

1. Timeliness is key! You can count on us to deliver projects when you need them.

2. You will receive superb service, because we are detail-oriented. If there is ever a problem, we will do whatever it takes to make it right.

3. You will be greeted with a smile when you walk in the door. We'll take the time to ask questions and brainstorm with you, to help you figure out what printing products are best suited for you and your business.

5. Your business can grow and prosper when you take advantage of all the free success tools we offer. These include free training sessions, webinars, live webcasts, and our free lending library of books and CDs. (Free is good.) Contact us to find out more.

6. When you order printing from Designotype Printers, you will receive more than you expected, like this 6th item.FREE pickup and delivery. FREE candy. FREE marketing tips. FREE notepads. The list goes on...

Why Choose Designotype Printers?

We know you have a choice when it comes to printers. We understand that excellent service doesn't end when the project is printed. When you choose us, we promise you'll love your relationship with us.

When you need ordinary things like business stationery and signage, or custom projects like invitations and calendars, or hard cover and spiral bound book printing, you've landed in the right place. Choose to have us complete your entire project from start to finish, or partner with us to complete the portion you need help with.

In order to make your printing experience even better, we offer free pickup and delivery. Are you in Houghton? Hancock? Chassell? Calumet? Lake Linden? We'll see you soon.

Here's a list of some popular services we provide.

Additional Services to Inspire Success

To help your business grow, we offer you many free business success resources and tools.

It starts when you place an order. We ask a lot of questions to determine what your goals are as a business. This helps us steer you in the right direction, so you can choose the printed materials that best fit your requirements.

We'll also look for ways to help you succeed through free training and free success tools. Ask about free webinars you can sign up for, including topics on:

You can also borrow inspiring, motivational books, tapes, and CDs from our free lending library at any time. Popular titles include: Who Moved My Cheese?: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life, The 21 Success Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires, Beware the Naked Man Who Offers You His Shirt: Do What You Love, Love What You Do, and Deliver More Than You Promise. One book is featured every month in our Designotype Delegate. Contact us today to be put on the mailing list!

We are way more than "just another printer." We are willing to share over 28 years of business knowledge to help you grow... We'll give referrals for other vendors you might find helpful, and we can connect you with people who may be able to assist you in your industry.

When You Need Help, You Can Find it Here

Got a question about printing or need some help preparing your files for print? You might not know much about printing, but we do, and we're only too happy to share that knowledge, experience, and advice with you. After all, we want to make sure you look good on paper.

Helpful Resources that will make you love us!

Important Details

Five reasons Designotype Printers is the favored printer in the Keweenaw’s Upper Peninsula.

1. Timeliness is key! You can count on us to deliver projects when you need them.

2. You will receive superb service, because we are detail-oriented. If there is ever a problem, we will do whatever it takes to make it right.

3. You will be greeted with a smile when you walk in the door. We'll take the time to ask questions and brainstorm with you, to help you figure out what printing products are best suited for you and your business.

5. Your business can grow and prosper when you take advantage of all the free success tools we offer. These include free training sessions, webinars, live webcasts, and our free lending library of books and CDs. (Free is good.) Contact us to find out more.

6. When you order printing from Designotype Printers, you will receive more than you expected, like this 6th item.FREE pickup and delivery. FREE candy. FREE marketing tips. FREE notepads. The list goes on...

Printing & Copying

Book(let) Binding

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Online Estimating

Need an estimate on a printing project, before you commit to having it done? Whether you're planning a simple piece with few requirements or a more complex project that involves advanced services such as design, bindery, mailing, or marketing, we'll provide a quick, accurate estimate to help you plan your budget.

Online Ordering

Order your printing safely and securely straight from our website. Our order forms make it easy, and reorders are a breeze. Plus, you can track your orders all the way through to completion and view your complete order history anytime. If you order the same printing products frequently, ask us about creating a document library to save even more time.

Send a File

Everyone uses the Internet to exchange information. But what if the information you need to exchange is in the form of a huge graphic file? No problem! Our website lets you send files of virtually any size effortlessly and securely, without the hassle of a traditional FTP. Plus, our email confirmation and online job tracking system eliminate the worry of not knowing if the file made it through.

Online Proofing

We all want things to be quick and easy, don't we? Our online proofing system is both. In addition to the instant proofing options available with uDesignIT! and FastTrack, we provide online digital proofs for orders that require them. When a proof is ready, we email a link, so you can view the proof securely on our website. While there, you can approve the proof, reject it, or suggest changes - all from the same secure screen. What could be simpler than that?

Customer Portals

The first time you do business on our website, we'll automatically create an account for you in our Online Print Center. There, you'll be able to track orders, view order histories, update credentials, view proofs, and reorder your printing. We can even create a branded portal for your entire organization if you'd like, complete with branches, document libraries, company managers, order approval hierarchies, custom notifications, inventory management, and more.

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Document Library

The document library is our term for the set of online order forms unique to your company or to specific departments or branches within your organization. Each item represents a specific printed piece. For example, if you have 10 different printed forms that get used throughout your company, you'd have 10 separate document library items set up - one for each form. Document libraries make it easy to order, track, and inventory your most frequently used printed items.

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The Ideas Collection

We all have times when we could use a little inspiration in our work. If you're running short on ideas, we're here to help with articles and insights meant to ignite your creative fire. From marketing tips to creative how-to's, you're sure to find something to spark the imagination.

What's New?

We live in an age of unprecedented access to information. Unfortunately, trying to keep track of all that data can be overwhelming. Twice a week, we provide executive summaries of some of the most interesting articles and posts we find from popular business websites and blogs.

Printer@Work

The last thing you need is another e-newsletter, right? Wrong. Especially when that newsletter delivers timely tips for marketing your products, managing technologies, and making the most of your printing budget. Printer@Work will add value to your inbox, not clutter. Sign up today.

Our List of Greatest Treasures

We all have websites we rely on every day for information relevant to our businesses and lives. Then there are the exceptional sites -- the ones we stumble on occasionally that are sooooooooooooo good, we make sure to save them in a special place for future reference. Over the years, we've built up a pretty good trove of website gold, and now we're sharing that bounty with you, our customers.

Real-world definitions for common printing and graphic-arts industry words

Glossary of Printing Terms

Confused by a term you've seen on our website or heard a printer use when describing your printing? Find real-world definitions for all those printing and graphic-arts terms that have you stumped and scratching your head.

Popular Graphic Arts Software

Keeping track of the latest software upgrades is enough to drive anybody crazy... unless you have access to our easy-to-use list of the most popular graphic arts software. What a helpful reference tool!